REVIEW: “All the Colors” at Creative Action Unlimited
by Dan Mayer Art is often at its best when it directly addresses current events, challenges social norms, and demands change. All the Colors is…
Favorites of 2025: Dan Mayer
100 Saints You Should Know – Schenectady Civic Players This was an early favorite, so much so that I saw it twice. A strong cast…
REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre’s “Deep Blue Sound” at Steamer No. 10 Theatre
by Dan Mayer Playwright Abe Koogler filtered his own experiences living on an island in Puget Sound into Deep Blue Sound, and the result is…
REVIEW: “Puffs” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Dan Mayer Not everyone is destined to defeat the dark lord and save the world. Puffs takes us back to a familiar school of…
REVIEW: “The Pillowman” at Albany Civic Theater
by Dan Mayer Does anyone have the right to say what a writer can and can’t write about? The Pillowman doesn’t really answer this question,…
REVIEW: “100 Saints You Should Know” at Schenectady Civic Players
by Dan Mayer Faith can be a powerful thing, whether someone is introduced to it from a young age or discovers it laterin life, and…
Favorites of 2024: Dan Mayer
We’ve had an embarrassment of riches with so many great shows happening all over the region, all deserving their own praise, but here are a…
REVIEW: Harbinger Theatre Presents “The Squirrels” at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts
by Dan Mayer After seeing The Squirrels at the Sand Lake Center for the Arts, a friend who had accompanied me asked, with visible confusion,…